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Concerto/Aria Winners Perform

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The winners of the Hope CollegeConcerto/Aria competition will perform on Friday, Jan. 26,at 8 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

The public is invited. Admission is free.

The college's annual Concerto/Aria concertfeatures the winners of a competition for students who wishto perform accompanied by the Hope College Orchestra orSymphonette. Three judges selected the students who arebeing featured.

The concert will open with the overture toWolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute," performedby the Orchestra.

The program continues with junior Sarah Proulx ofIonia singing the aria "Quia Respexit" from Bach's"Magnificat." Eric DeWitt, a junior trombonist fromHamilton, will perform the first movement of the GordonJacob trombone concerto. Following will be sophomoreviolinist Joe Deller of Dearborn performing the fifthmovement of the "Symphonie Espagnole" of Edouard Lalo. NickToben, a sophomore cellist from Troy, performs the thirdmovement of Haydn's "Cello Concerto in C." Closing thefirst half of the concert will be organist Krista Shinew, asenior from Somerset, Pa., performing Guilmant's "SymphonyNo. 1" for organ and orchestra.

The second half begins with junior violinistJennifer Walvoord of Holland performing the first movementof Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto in D." Continuing, juniorpianist Piper Spratt of Kalamazoo will be performing thefirst movement of Macdowell's "Piano Concerto in d minor." Greg Frens, a senior bass-baritone from Grand Rapids,follows, singing the aria "Madamina! il catalogo" from theopera "Don Giovanni." To close the program, freshmanviolinist Titus Munteanu of Brasov, Romania, will beperforming the "Ziguenerweisen" of Sarasate.

Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located on CollegeAvenue at 12th Street. Additional information about theevent may be obtained by calling the college's department ofmusic at (616) 395-7650.